On 2014-03-14 13:50, John Williams (NMC) wrote:
> A colleague in the Museum has asked if we might be able to recover data from a 5.25 inch floppy disc.
>
> Like many of you we have disposed of all the devices we had that used this format but I wondered if anyone here might be able to suggest someone who still has the ability to read these discs ?
>
> John
I still have an old computer with a 5.25 disc drive and should be able
to read these discs for you if you would like me to try.
As someone else said, though, it depends what format has been used to
write the data. If they are plain text files there should be no problem,
but if they are in a proprietary format from some obsolete software that
may be a bit more tricky ...
Leonard Will
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